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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Several Killed, Wounded In Wave Of Russian Missile Attacks On Ukrainian Cities RFE/RL 23 Jan 2024 -- At least seven people were killed and dozens wounded on January 23 in a fresh wave of missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, and Kharkiv as an air-raid alert was declared for the whole territory of Ukraine.
• Russia Launches Deadly Missile Barrage at Ukraine's Capital and Kharkiv VOA 23 Jan 2024 -- Ukrainian officials said Russia launched a barrage of missiles at Tuesday that killed at least seven people and wounded more than 60 others while damaging numerous residential buildings in Kyiv and Kharkiv.
• Russian Military in Special Op Zone Gets Upgraded 'Monster Power' T-72B3M Tanks Sputnik 23 Jan 2024 -- The T-72B3M tank, a modernized version of the T-72B, boasts advanced technologies and features. These include a new fire control system, enhanced armor protection, and a modernized engine. The vehicle's primary weapon is a 125mm smoothbore gun capable of firing various ammunition types.
• Russia Launches Group Precision Strike on Ukrainian Military-Industrial Complex Facilities - MoD Sputnik 23 Jan 2024 -- The Russian armed forces have launched a group precision strike with long-range missiles on Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities producing missiles, ammunition and explosives, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Kremlin on Blasts in Kiev, Kharkov: Russia Not Targeting Civilian Objects Sputnik 23 Jan 2024 -- Explosions in Kiev and Kharkov cannot be considered as Russia's response to strikes on Donbass, as Russian forces do not target civilian objects, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
• Ukraine Receives Almost $3.5Bln in Military Aid From Poland Since February 2022 Sputnik 23 Jan 2024 -- Ukraine has received almost $3.5 billion in military aid from Poland since February 2022, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on Monday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia Completes Tests of New Anti-Drone Missiles - Source Sputnik 23 Jan 2024 -- Anti-drone technology is a rapidly evolving field aimed at countering the growing threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These systems utilize various methods such as radio frequency jamming, signal interference, and physical destruction to neutralize drones in the air.

Foreign Policy

• Ceremony for pouring the first concrete into the foundation of power unit of El-Dabaa NPP President of Russia 23 Jan 2024 -- President of Russia and President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi took part in a ceremony, held via videoconference, for pouring the first concrete into the foundation of the fourth power unit of the Egyptian El-Dabaa NPP.
• Russian FM meets Iranian, Turkish, Lebanese counterparts ISNA 23 Jan 2024 -- The meeting between the four ministers mainly focused on discussing the Israeli war on Gaza, aggressions on Syria, and the "tense situation" in the Red Sea triggered by the US-UK aggression on Yemen and amid the operations by the Yemeni Armed Forces.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad Ahmed Attaf Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with CBS TV channel, New York, January 22, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video address on Russia's CIS chairmanship in 2024, January 23, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's talks with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon Abdallah Bou Habib Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Riyadh al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2024
• Russia Says US Must Stop Hostilities, Ceasefire Vetoes in Order to Stabilize Middle East Sputnik 23 Jan 2024 -- Russian Foreign Minster Sergey Lavrov, in an interview with CBS, said that the US must stop its hostilities and stop vetoing UN ceasefire resolutions in order resolve the crisis in the Middle East, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on US and UK illegal actions in the Red Sea Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2024
• Iran, Russia FMs meet in New York ahead of UNSC meeting IRNA 23 Jan 2024 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in New York where they have arrived to attend a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2024

News Reports

• 'A Group Without Leaders': Disgruntled Families Of Mobilized Russians Complicate Putin's Plan For Smooth Reelection RFE/RL 23 Jan 2024 -- Nearly two years after Russia unleashed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the end of the war is not in sight. And the growing discontent of the relatives of mobilized soldiers -- many of whom support the war itself, if not the way Russian soldiers have been treated -- is threatening to disrupt domestic politics ahead of the March election in which authoritarian President Vladimir Putin, 71, is set to secure a fifth term.
• Coordinated Action By U.S., U.K., Australia Sanctions Russian Hacker Tied To Ransomware Cyberattack RFE/RL 23 Jan 2024 -- The United States and Britain on January 23 followed Australia in imposing sanctions on Russian citizen Aleksandr Yermakov, who was designated for his alleged role in a cyberattack that compromised the personal information of 9.7 million Australians.
• First Trilateral Sanctions against Russian Cyber Actor US Dept. of State 23 Jan 2024 -- In coordination with Australia and the United Kingdom, the United States is designating a Russian cyber actor involved in the 2022 ransomware attack against an Australian healthcare insurer.
• United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom Sanction Russian Cyber Actor Responsible for the Medibank Hack US Treasury 23 Jan 2024 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in coordination with Australia and the United Kingdom, designated Alexander Ermakov (Ermakov), a cyber actor who played a pivotal in the 2022 ransomware attack against Medibank Private Limited, an Australian healthcare insurer.
• UK and allies sanctions Russian cyber hacker UK FCDO 23 Jan 2024 -- The UK, US and Australia have sanctioned a Russia-based cyber hacker in coordinated action aimed at cracking down on international cyber crime.
• Cyber sanctions in response to Medibank Private cyber attack Australia MFA 23 Jan 2024 -- Australia has today used cyber sanctions powers on a Russian individual for his role in the breach of the Medibank Private network.